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Recent Examples of henhouse
So, in other words, fox in a henhouse.
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Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
Amazon's latest retail media announcement - offering its advertising technology to other retailers - might seem like asking competitors to invite the fox into the henhouse.
—Kiri Masters, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Kids create their own chicken henhouse and care for their chicken figurines and eggs using 101 pieces.
—Jacquelyn Smith, Parents, 2 Jan. 2025
Some have compared the idea of doctors setting their own payscale to the proverbial fox guarding the henhouse.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2024
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Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
Amazon's latest retail media announcement - offering its advertising technology to other retailers - might seem like asking competitors to invite the fox into the henhouse.
—Kiri Masters, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Kids create their own chicken henhouse and care for their chicken figurines and eggs using 101 pieces.
—Jacquelyn Smith, Parents, 2 Jan. 2025
Some have compared the idea of doctors setting their own payscale to the proverbial fox guarding the henhouse.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for henhouse
Noun
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At the very top of the house, in a former dovecote with oxeye windows, there’s now a yoga studio and a roof deck with a hair-raising view of the river valley.—
Jo Rodgers,
Vogue,
3 May 2024
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Surrounded by redwood trees, the half-timbered home has multiple rooflines and gables, three stand-alone dovecotes that look like little towers, and a fence of irregularly curving bricks.—
Erika Mailman,
WSJ,
9 Mar. 2023
Noun
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The first was named after the legislature of the Texas Republic, although the first capitol, a log structure tucked behind a defensive stockade, rose not on Congress, but at West Eighth and Colorado streets.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American-Statesman,
3 Sep. 2024
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Buildings that were part of the stockade were then dismantled, and the wood planks were reused to build homes located throughout Marietta.—
Erin Couch,
The Enquirer,
15 July 2024
Noun
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On the day of the rettir, hundreds of sheep are released into a central wooden sheepfold that’s surrounded by marked compartments—one belonging to each local farmer—that jut out from the inner circle like rays of the sun.—
Laura Kiniry,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Oct. 2022
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This tidy residence in the western Swiss village of Etoy was built in 1830 as a sheepfold.—
Lauren Beale,
Forbes,
30 Aug. 2021
Noun
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The kraal was a circular affair about 30 feet in diameter and was made of rocks piled about three feet high.—
Cyril E. Holland,
Outdoor Life,
8 May 2025
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The tiger had jumped into the kraal and killed the calves first.—
Cyril E. Holland,
Outdoor Life,
8 May 2025
Noun
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As her friend was talking to the female suspect, Lomeli left to find a box to place the kittens in, since the suspects did not want the hand over the cage that originally carried the animals.—
Megan Forrester,
ABC News,
5 June 2025
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The scientists have already utilized the technology to print items such as a checkerboard pattern, a cross, a chain, a ball in a cage, and two balls in a helix.—
Ben Coxworth,
New Atlas,
4 June 2025
Noun
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In addition to a very gaunt appearance, other symptoms include: Extreme weakness Thin, dry skin with excess skin folds due to loss of fat Sparse, brittle hair that can be easily plucked out 8.—
Jonathan Purtell,
Verywell Health,
13 June 2025
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Tarps And Covers Tarps, grill covers, pool covers, outdoor furniture covers—all of these collect water in folds and low spots.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
12 June 2025
Noun
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Since then, her former chicken coop has been turned into a greenhouse.—
Deborah Laverty,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025
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Within two days, there were dead chickens inside every coop.—
Suzy Khimm,
NBC news,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Henhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/henhouse. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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